Wind-shield and frame.



0. P. CHAMBERW. WINDSHIELD AND FRAME.

APPLICATlON FILED AUG-4| I916.

Patented Deal 3, 1918.

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C. P. CHAMBEBLIN.

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Patented Dec.3,1918.

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Patented Dec. 3, rats.

Application filed August 4:, 1916. Serial No. 113,0bl.

To all wiiom it may concern: 4

Be 1t known that l, CLARENCE P. CHAMP "rennmn, a citizen of the United States, re-

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siding at Detroit, county of Wayne, State of Michlgan, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Wind-Shields and the art to which it pertains to make and use the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to Windshields and frames therefor and its object is to provide a unit windshield and frame construction particularly adapted for use in closed tops for automobiles provided with an open forward end to receive the' shield. llnthe man.- ufaeture of closed tops or bodies it has heretofore been necessary to form an opening of an exact width to lit the manufactured windshield and frame. The purpose of this invention is to provide a frame construction whereby the exactness heretofore required in forming the opening is avoided. This is ac-- complished in this present invention by forming parallel supporting frames on op posite sides which carry the hinge members for the several sections, the frame and sections being assembled as a unit for insertion in the body opening. The frames are formed with a laterally extending flange at the forward edge adapted'to engage over the forward face of the side members of the opening in the body. By this arrangement a particular object of this inventionis attained to provide a windshield and frame adapted to till be assembled as a unit in the body opening,

the frame construction being such that the ner adjacent face of the opening. This construction allows considerable latitude as to width ofthe opening with which the frames and sections as a unit are adapted to be assembled and still form a tight joint therewith. A further object of the invention is to provide a frame and shield of the general nature stated having an adjustable rain shield or section and a plurality of pivoted sections each provided with gaskets adapted to engage the frames and close the apertures between the several sections.

These and other objects and the several novel features of the invention in its preferred form are hereinafter more fullyde scribed and claimed and shown in the accompanying drawings in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation ofa portion of a shield and supporting frame embodying my invention. v a Flg. 2 1s a cross section thereoftaken on lme wm of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a cross section taken on line IF-4c of Fig. 2. I

Fig. 4 is a detail of the frame and a portion of the shield sections taken from inside.

Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the shield showing the rain shield portion f olded as in Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 1s a detail of'the clampingmembers and hubs showing the mode of concentrically supporting the upper shield member and the adjustable rain shield. a i

Similar character refer to similar parts throughout the drawin and specification.

The main wind shie d is formed of the lower glass section 1 the sash being pivoted to swing on a hub 2 carried by the sash support 3. The side frame 4 is recessed to receive the hub 2 and a block 5, formed to provide the other half of a bearing, is secured in the recess and provided with a thumb screw 6 by means of which the sash member 1 may be turned at any desired angle and frictionally held in position.

The frame member 4 is also provided with a bearing for a hub member 7 preferably formed integrally with the sash support 8. This hub member 7 is centrally a ertured through which passes the hub mem er 9 of the uppersash of the main wind shield.

The hub 7 is short and is frictionally held in the-same manner as the sash 1, there being a block 11 as will be understood from Fig. 4

by means of which it is bound in place. The hub member .9 extends through the hub 7 and is engaged by a sin'iilar-bearing member 12 at the'upper end of the frame 4. adjacent the block 11. Thesash 13 of the rain shield thus is movable independently of the upper main shield 10 although rotatable about the same axis. I

A frame member 4 of channel form is provided on each side of the shield having one flange 14 longer than the inner flange 15 and this flange 14 is secured to the upright mem-. ber 16.0f the top, as will beunderstood more readily from Figs. .1 and 3. These flanges 14 and 15 extend over the cross members 17 of the body as well as the upper cross member 18 thereof, as will be understood from Fig. 2. By this arrangement the shield may be entirely built up and assembled and sent to the body maker who simply secures it to the body frame with the several screws 19 in the outer flange member 14. WVith a wind shield unit as described but little thought or ingenuity is required on the part of the mechanic to assemble the same in an opening in the front of the topor body of the vehicle. By providing the frames with flanges as stated extending over the outer face of the frames of the body opening, the necessity of forming the opening of an exact width is avoided inasmuchas the interstice between the shield frames and the side frames of the opening is closed by the flange.

' The sash members 20 of the several shield sections are preferably formed of metal having a channel around the inner edge to receive the glass 21, and also an outer channel to receive'the inserted flexible strip or gasket 22, as will be understood from Fig. 3. This gasket has a flexible portion of such length as to engage the frame members 4: or the'cross members of the. body formin a wind and water proof joint therewith which is most desirable in a winter or. closed top. Also to prevent the rain'or' sleet from running down onto the upper ortion 10 of the shield, the forward shield portion 13 is provided with a strip 23 of comparatively extreme width to engage a cross bar of the body at all angles it may be set relative to the main portion of the shield.

By arrangin all the thumb screws to projectinto the interior of the body'or top of the vehicle, adjustments may be made from the interior thereof, as will be'readily understood,,and a particular feature of the inven tion resides in the channel side frames carrying the bearings for the several wind shield sections, and bein of the channel formation shown adapting 1t for the securing to the 1,aee,eso

the opening by a steel pillar strengthening the body and providing a rigid support for the shield sections. By the use of such frame members the body construction may be less expensively made being formed of light weight material.

Having thus briefly described my invention, its utility, and mode of operation, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent of the United States is 1. A windshield for closed vehicle bodies having a front opening comprising pivotally supported windshield sections, a frame memher at each side thereof having bearings for the several sections, the frames and sections forming a unit and the said frames each having a laterally extending flange at the outer edge adapted to be secured against the outer faces of the framev of the body opening to close the interstice between the outer faces of the windshield frames and inner faces of the body frames.

2. In a device of the character described in combination with. a closed body having a framed opening at the front for the reception of a windshield, vertical side frames each having laterally extending flanges at the front edge extending over the side frames of the opening, windshield sections pivotally supported by the frames, the width-of the assembled sections and frames, exclusive of the flanges, being less than the width of the opening to allow ready insertion of the assembled frames as a unit in the body opening. v

3. In combination with a vehicle body of the closed type having an opening at the front, a wind shield for closin said opening comprising vertical side mem ers of channel form having one of the flanges greater in depth than the other adapted to be attached to the vertical sides of the opening, said flanges being greater in length than the opening to engage the upper and lower edges respectively thereof, means for securing said extending ends to the said edges respectively, wind shield sections pivotally mounted in said vertical side frames, and gaskets about said sections forming a tight joint between the sections and channel frames and between the upper and lower sections and adjacent edges of the openihg.

4. In combination with a vehicle body of the closed type having a front opening eeeQeeo therein, a wind shield frame comprising vee tical members on each. side of the opening of channel form, one of the flanges being greater in depth than the other for attachment to the side of the opening, and said flanges being greater in length than the open ing to engage over the upper end lower edges said frames.

In testimony whereof, I Sign this specification. v

CLARENCE P. CHAMBERLIN. 

